If it was 1856, and all your Mormon friends were headed west to Great Salt Lake City, what would you do? A) Join a wagon train. B) Go by handcart. C) Put off going until someone built a transcontinental railroad. D) Make new friends. E) Change your religion and instead join a revival meeting in Hoboken, New Jersey. F) Become an atheist but pray your friends will be safe on the trail.

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